We take the Mental Health of our staff very seriously and therefore ensure that we have a trained Mental Health First Aider available to all staff.  Amanda is our current Mental Health First Aider and is the point of contact who can provide understanding, support, guidance and encouragement with access to the  relevant resources.   As well as promoting our ongoing commitment to staff wellbeing.

Massive congratulations to our Stafford Depot Manager, Joh Hutchinson, who celebrated 20 years at David Watson Transport.

What an achievement, he deserves a medal!!

Out with the old and in with the new!

Having a great team of staff and drivers pays off, especially during these strange and scary times.  In our continued effort to improve standards, reduce our environmental impact and increase safety we are pleased to announce that we have been awarded another year of FORS Gold accreditation; well done Andrea and all the team.

Our Training Manager Andrea explains what this means for the company; Predominantly, achieving FORS Gold has meant that, as a company, we are able to maintain our ethos of ‘Setting the standards for others to follow. Our involvement in the accreditation scheme has enabled us to improve the health and safety of our employees, as well as becoming more environmentally aware by focusing on a reduction in carbon emissions and fuel usage. As a result of the savings gained through improvements in performance management, we have expanded our fleet significantly to include a range of new Euro 6 vehicles, been able to increase the size of our workforce and, ultimately, pass these savings onto our customers. FORS Gold is ultimately a measure of quality and demonstrates David Watson Transport’s commitment to continually improving standards within the industry. In essence, it means we will be able to meet the objectives stated in our Vision Statement:

“To provide our customers with a standard of service excellence, through reliability and quality, that is acknowledged to be the best in the industry.”

Congratulations to Steve Frazer-Brown, David Watson Transport’s Health & Safety Director.

Steve has been re-elected as Chairman of the ALLMI Operators’ Forum for the 16th year in succession.

Steve has been Chairman of the Operators’ Forum since its inception in 2006. A great achievement (given that the role is put up for election on an annual basis).

Congratulations Steve.

The Operators’ Forum is the fleet owner division of ALLMI and its purpose is to raise the standard of safety and professionalism amongst owners and operators of lorry loaders.